Ford Escort WRC is a rally vehicle based on the Ford Escort RS Cosworth with World Rally Car homologation. It was built by M-Sport to compete in the World...
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The Ford Escort RS Cosworth is a homologation special of the fifth generation European Ford Escort. It was designed to qualify as a Group A car for the...
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The Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2-litre production hatchback...
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1997 World Rally Championship (redirect from WRC 1997)
of Subaru Impreza WRC driver Colin McRae after the final round in Great Britain. Carlos Sainz was third in the leading Ford Escort WRC. The Manufacturers'...
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similar machinery. Ford had a long and successful history in rallying, winning the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 1979 with the Ford Escort RS1800 and drivers...
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The Ford Escort is a small family car that was manufactured by Ford of Europe from 1968 until 2000. In total there were six generations, spread across...
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1998 World Rally Championship (redirect from WRC 1998)
Subaru. This year also marked the Ford Escort's last full-season works outing before being replaced by the Ford Focus WRC in 1999. The season ended in dramatic...
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engine that produce more than 200 PS. The Focus RS WRC was built in 1999 to replace the Ford Escort WRC. It debuted in the Monte Carlo Rally with Colin McRae...
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Xsara WRC Citroën C4 WRC Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën C3 WRC Ford Escort WRC Ford Focus RS WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford Fiesta WRC Hyundai Accent WRC Hyundai...
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M-Sport (section WRC Academy and Junior WRC)
the 2022 season. Ford Escort WRC Ford Focus RS WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford Fiesta WRC Ford Puma Rally1 At the beginning of 2009 Ford with M-Sport started...
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Acropolis Rally (section Return to the WRC in 2021)
Ακρόπολις) is a rally competition that is part of the World Rally Championship (WRC). The rally is held on very dusty, rough, rocky and fast mountain roads in...
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developed and manufactured by Ford's European operations, and had been positioned below the Escort (later the Focus). Ford had sold over 15 million Fiestas...
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Carlos Sainz Sr. (section Volkswagen's WRC project)
factory Ford, bringing the Repsol sponsorship with him. He spent two seasons with the squad, aboard the Ford Escort RS Cosworth and later, the Escort World...
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Marlboro Mobil 1 team. He changed his car to a Ford Escort WRC and in following years to a Ford Focus WRC. Those years were most successful for Kulig. He...
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launched with the name Focus. Ford of Europe introduced the Focus in 1998 to the European market as a replacement for the Ford Escort. The Focus Mk 1 was awarded...
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Ari Vatanen (section WRC victories)
professional drive, in a Ford Escort RS1800, on the RAC Rally. He crashed out on the second day, but by then he had impressed Ford team manager Stuart Turner...
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Sebastian Lindholm (section Complete WRC results)
is fourth at the 1997 Rally Finland, driving a Ford Escort WRC. In 2007, Lindholm drove Suzuki's SX 4 WRC in its gravel debut at the 2007 Rally GB. On 19...
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Stig Blomqvist (section WRC victories)
WRC schedule, the 50-year-old veteran finished third overall with the car. That same year, he finished seventh in the Safari Rally in a Ford Escort RS...
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Bruno Thiry (section WRC results)
World Cup in 1993. 1994, the year saw Thiry join the Ford team to contest the WRC, driving a Ford Escort RS Cosworth. In these years, he managed several third...
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the Belfast Motor Show. Following the introduction of the MKIII Escort in 1980, Ford Motorsport set about developing a rear-wheel-drive, turbocharged...
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increased using a turbocharger. Also the 2009 Ford Focus WRC uses a Ford 1998cc Pipo built I4 Duratec WRC engine (four cylinders, 16 valves, bore 85 mm...
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(IRC) programme, a championship for N/A 4WD cars, before returning to the WRC championship season again in 2012. As recently as 1991, competitors were...
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Valiant Opel Rekord Fiat 850 Sport Coupé Fiat 2300 S Coupé Ford Anglia Ford Escort RS1600 Ford Escort RS2000 Trabant P 50 Volkswagen Beetle Volkswagen Type...
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Juha Kankkunen (section WRC victories)
new Ford Focus WRC and the team's last year with the Escort WRC was winless. Kankkunen drove the car on the podium on seven occasions, and both Ford and...
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Petter Solberg (section WRC career)
Citroën C4 WRC and a Citroën DS3 WRC. In 2012 Petter returned to a factory team, joining the Ford World Rally Team 12 years after making his WRC debut with...
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Ken Block (section Complete WRC results)
type wheel in a matte black with a gloss black ring. His 1994 Ford Escort RS Cosworth WRC AKA Cossie V2 uses the Rotiform VCE-M in a 4x108 PCD, with a...
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Henning Solberg (section Complete WRC results)
Solberg was signed by the BP Ford World Rally Team, Ford's factory WRC team. He competed in seven rounds alongside Ford's main drivers Toni Gardemeister...
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Markko Märtin (section Life after WRC)
history of the WRC to break the Nordic stranglehold on the Neste Rally Finland. In addition to this, Märtin was inaugural winner, again with Ford, of the Corona...
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Jussi Välimäki (section WRC results)
Finland, behind the wheel of an Opel Astra GSi 16V. In 2000 he drove a Ford Escort WRC to 13th place on Rally Finland. In 2001 he contested the Junior World...
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Armin Schwarz (section WRC victories)
the 1991 Rally Catalunya and taking six other podium finishes. Outside the WRC, he won the German Rally Championship (1987–88), the European Rally Championship...
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